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Why the Internet Isn't the Death of the Post Office

The eclipse of "snail mail" in the age of instant
electronic communication has been predicted at least as often as the coming of
the paperless office. But the consumption of paper keeps rising. (It has roughly
doubled since 1980, with less use of newsprint and much more of ordinary office
paper.) And so, with some nuances and internal changes, does the flow of
material carried by mail. On average, an American household receives twice as
many pieces of mail a day as it did in the 1970's.